Hartford History Lecture Series “William Saunders & His World: The History of a Black Merchant Tailor in Hartford”
October 3 @ 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm
Hartford LectureSeries 2024
William Saunders and His World: The History of a Black Merchant Tailor and his Lineage in Hartford
Thursday,October 3, 2024 at 5:45 PM
FEATURING:
Dr. Fiona Vernal, UConn History Department
For three generations, the Saunders family operated asuccessful and innovative tailor business in the city of Hartford, eventuallyestablishing a reputation as Black merchant tailors with deep ties inHartford’s Black and white communities. Their network stretched fromConnecticut, Massachusetts, and New York to Barbados and France. This talk willexplore William Saunders and the significance of his lineage and legacy forunderstanding Black entrepreneurship, social justice, civic engagement, andpolitical activism in 19th and 20th century Hartford.
This event is FREE and open to the public
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The 2024 Hartford History Lecture series is made possiblethrough generous funding from Connecticut Humanities.